The Black Sea was hard habitat for dolphins even before the shooting started ISTANBUL, Turkey––That war kills animals as well as humans is scarcely in doubt, but whether war is worse than peace for Black Sea dolphins may be disputed. Nearly three months after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 2022, evidence is surfacing along […]
Cockfighters cut deals & hack reporting doesn’t cut it in Kentucky
Bill Estep of the Lexington Herald Leader is unapologetic about crediting wrong two groups with roles in busts; does not name the right two LEXINGTON, Kentucky––Cockfighting cases usually result in plea-bargained sentences. Few people, if any, might therefore have been surprised when alleged cockfighters Rickie D. Johnson, 55, and Hiram B. Creech Jr., 47, […]
“Trapping defender” Proulx explains why all fur trapping is cruel
Mammal Trapping, Wildlife Management, Animal Welfare & International Standards Edited by Gilbert Proulx Alpha Wildlife Research & Management Ltd. 287 pages. Free download from: https://cwbm.ca/product/mammal-trapping-e-book/ Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Wildlife biologist Gilbert Proulx, 68, of Sherwood Park, Alberta, may know more about the technology of trapping animals than anyone else who ever lived. Having spent […]
Vultures circling overhead are good news for Planet Earth
Both black vultures & turkey vultures are rapidly expanding U.S. range and numbers Feeling down about global warming, chemical pollution, and reports about loss of species? See the vultures circling overhead? Both black vultures and turkey vultures are rapidly expanding in numbers and range across the U.S. Turkey vultures have even appeared in southeastern Alaska […]
“Birds Aren’t Real” ––if only those in poultry barns were not
The good news is, vegan food technology means the birds on the menu need not be real MEMPHIS, Tennessee––The avian advocacy world is still aflutter, a week after CBS News 60 Minutes reporter Sharyn Alfonsi extensively exposed the “Birds Aren’t Real” hoax conspiracy theory orchestrated from Memphis by 24-year-old University of Arkansas dropout and former […]
Sustainability: salmon taste, texture, odor replicated by pond scum
And the pond scum will be healthier than salmon for you & Planet Earth HERZELIA, IsraeI; BATON ROUGE, Louisiana; WASHINGTON D.C.––Far from the longtime hubs of the salmon industry, along the coasts of the North Sea and the Pacific Northwest, the future of both canned and fresh salmon may be determined by desert greenhouses […]
How “Napalm the dog” protests funded the “Animal Revolution”
Without Kent State, would there have been an animal rights movement? KENT, Ohio––The shots fired by National Guard members into demonstrators against the Vietnam War at Kent State University on May 4, 1970 were in a sense the first shots fired in what British historian Richard Ryder would call, 30 years later, the Animal […]
Birds, bees, broiling heat, & adding insect parts to food on purpose
The bees-at-the-airport disaster story went global––but mass media missed the biggest issues KENAI, Alaska––More than 300 Alaskan beekeepers, most of them fruit and vegetable farmers, without native honey bees to pollinate introduced food crops, on April 23, 2022 expected to receive two million bees from Sacramento to help start their short growing season. Soldotna […]
Bans on pit bulls & backyard chickens survive repeal votes in Winnipeg
Pit bull ban would have been replaced by “one free bite” WINNIPEG, Manitoba––Rejecting both of the leading pet-keeping fads of the past two decades, both often covers for animal fighting and organized crime, the Winnipeg city council by identical 9-7 votes on April 28, 2022 upheld reputedly the oldest pit bull ban in Canada and […]
U.S. Supreme Court to Kansas: Eat your ag-gag!
Kansas “ag-gag” was oldest in the United States WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. Supreme Court on April 25, 2022 rejected without comment an appeal by the State of Kansas against a January 2020 verdict by the U.S. District Court of Kansas, upheld by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which in effect erased the oldest […]
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